Not so Sweet Potatoes

After four days of prunes, and a much anticipated poopy diaper, I decided to move

Joe on to something a little more exciting.  Sweet Potatoes!

Let's see what he thinks....

I think he might actually be trying to make himself throw up in this one. ;)

 

  We've also entered the stage where all he wants to do is grab onto the spoon 

which makes getting food into his mouth a bit of a challenge.

Seems to me he prefers his thumb over anything I had to offer him today. 

Mission Accomplished

As of today, Joe has learned how to flip from his tummy to his back.

He'd perfected the back to tummy roll a few weeks ago, but got super frustrated when he
was on his tummy and couldn't get back.  Now his mission is complete.
He's a rolling machine!

Riding in Style

We bought a fun new accessory for our stroller.

Introducing the Piggy Back.

Now if we go for a shorter walk where Owen is going to want to walk most of the way

anyway, we can take the single stroller with the new Piggy Back.  Then whenever he gets

tired he can hop on for a ride.  Owen seems to love his new "skateboard" as we call it. 

Prunes??

That's right...our second solid food of choice...prunes.

Now prunes would not normally be one of the first foods I introduce to my kids.  There are so many other fun and delicious things out there...sweet potatoes, pears, bananas, apples.  But at this point the prunes are more functional and somewhat of a necessity.  Since starting Joe on solid foods he's become a little "stopped up".  Meaning it has been over a week

since he's pooped!!  I used to complain about all of the blowouts he had, and now I find

myself on the opposite end of the spectrum praying for a dirty diaper.

Come on prunes!  Work your magic!!

 

Peaches

After about a week of rice cereal I decided to move on to some more exciting foods for Joe.

First up...peaches.  While I realize they warn against starting with fruit as it may cause the

baby to develop a sweet tooth, it was the only thing I had available at the time so I went for

it.  Plus, if he has any of my genes he's bound to have a sweet tooth anyway, so there's no

use trying to fight it.  I don't think being a sweet tooth is all that bad.  ;)

 

 

I was so excited for him to try peaches.  I got him all set up in his high chair, got my little

bowl of peaches ready and couldn't wait to see the utter delight in his eyes when he got

his first taste.  Much to my dismay, he was not a fan.  We've tried two days in a row now

and I pretty much get the same response.

  

We'll give it a few more days and see if he comes around.  If not, we have many more

delicious new foods to try.  Maybe sweet potatoes...yum!!

Sitting Bumbo Style

Looks who's sitting up like a champ...with the help of the bumbo of course.

He's still a little wobbly and occasionally will barrel roll forward and 

end up face up on the floor (pretty impressive to watch actually),

 but he is doing a great job practicing.

New Ride

So last week I did the unthinkable...I left my $600 stroller sitting on the side of the road

and drove away.  I am actually still having a hard time believing I did it.  I was at the

doctor's office with both kids, which is always somewhat of a crazy situation.  I walked us

out to the car, took Joe from the stroller and put him in the car, took Owen from the stroller

and put him in the car, and then just hopped in the car and drove off.  There sat my stroller.

I didn't even notice it until the next day when I went to pull out the stroller at the grocery

store and it wasn't there.  It took all of 2 minutes for me to remember exactly what I did. UGH!!  I am still kicking myself.  It is so unlike me to do something like that!

Stupid things happen and you can't change them so we're moving forward..in style!

Our new stroller came and we took our maiden voyage.

It's the exact same stroller we had, just black and brand new.  We had bought our old one

from the neighbors so it was nice to have this one right out of the box and learn the proper

way to do everything.  No more squeaks like the old one, rides super smooth....

Am I happy I lost the stroller?..no!  But it is really nice to have a new stroller.  

Not only was it our first ride in the new stroller, but it was the first time Joe sat side by side

with Owen without the carseat.  He snuggled right in and seemed to really enjoy himself.

 

Two things are for sure...This stroller will be getting a ton of use, 

and you can bet I will double check it is in the car wherever I go!